David Sloman > Ashtons Legal > Norwich, England > Lawyer Profile

Ashtons Legal
TRAFALGAR HOUSE
MERIDIAN WAY
NORWICH
NR7 0TA
England

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial

Position

Partner

Career

David is a commercial and corporate lawyer in our Norwich office who specialises in advising businesses on technology and information law concerns.

David enjoys working closely with businesses over a long time to help structure and manage their commercial relationships to achieve their objectives.

In particular he helps businesses to licence, use, buy and sell technology and steers them through regulatory frameworks such data protection laws. He has particular interest in advising innovative, high-growth start-ups get going and scale up through creating the right business structure, exploiting their technology, taking on investment, and growing organically.

David also advises SMEs on corporate matters, such as the sale and purchase of businesses, financing and, restructuring.

His clients come from a varied range of sectors, such as manufacturing, digital services, and healthcare.

Outside of work David enjoys fitting cycling and playing hockey around spending time out and about with his young family.

Click the links to read case studies about David’s clients ubisend and ServiceTick.

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich

The corporate and commercial group at Ashtons Legal is led from Ipswich by Geoff Hazlewood but its Norwich office is home to an experienced group of partners whose work spans key sectors regionally and nationally. Franchising specialists Damian Humphrey and John Chambers, who increasingly work for franchisees as well as franchisors, have a nationally recognised practice. CEO James Tarling helped establish the firm’s presence in the technology sector, and corporate transaction specialist Richard Bailey is a key adviser to national and international trade organisations and associations. Senior associates Mark Watson and the ‘friendly and diligentDavid Sloman also play key roles in the practice.

East Anglia > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms

Ashtons Legal is known for ‘exceptional service and excellent advice‘. Its Norwich office is home to experienced partner James Tarling who assists a broad range of local businesses with corporate transactions, and advises innovative high-growth technology companies on funding rounds and acquisitions. Senior associate David Sloman, who is ‘able to create pragmatic solutions‘, has in-depth knowledge of technology and information law, and handles technology sector transactions and investments for high-growth companies. He assisted the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment with  the development of its new member platform.